Would you be able to tell any difference if you got a fiberglass hood and an aluminum radiator?

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Performance wise....no unless your engine is overheating now and you NEED the extra cooling capacity. Fiberglass hood might make the car look cooler if you get a cowl or ram air one....

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i doubt if you save any weight with a aluminum radiator, but you'll save close to 75 pounds over stock with a lift off hood. that's close to a .1 in the 1/4. for the street it wouldn't matter and lift off hoods are a pain except for racing.

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ede, the stock hood is only like 36 pounds. A bolt on fiberglass one from Harwood is 1/2 the weight.

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hinges, hood latch, someone told me stock hood was 65. i think the lift off harwood is 14 pounds. plus you have the brackets.

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I think ede's numbers for the hood are about right. However, the aluminum radiator is also a good 12 pounds lighter than the brass one, so there's a little weight savings there.

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